Hannah Beier, a Photography student in the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, was featured on May 21 in Time Magazine. Beier’s senior thesis project, “Time Apart”, graces the cover and a portfolio of images are featured inside the magazine in support of an article about how COVID-19 will shape the graduating class of 2020 for the rest of their lives.
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Eric Zillmer, PsyD, the Carl R. Pacifico professor of Neuropsychology in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of Athletics, was quoted in a May 21 Washington Post story about why fans feel the absence of sports like a loss.
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Karen Weaver, EdD, an associate clinical professor in the Sport Management program in the LeBow College of Business, authored a May 21 Forbes article about an infectious expert's opinion on the possibility of sports returning to college campuses in the fall.
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Esther Chernak, MD, an associate clinical professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health and director of the Center for Public Health Readiness and Communication, was quoted in a May 20 WHYY.org story about safety recommendations included in plans for reopening Pennsylvania schools in the fall. The story also ran on WESA-FM (Pittsburgh).
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Joseph Amon, PhD, a clinical professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, authored a May 15 op-ed in The Progressive about the importance of establishing a system to fairly and strategically distribute a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. The piece also ran May 20 in The Detroit News, and May 19 in The Post Bulletin.
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A May 19 Forbes article on Urban Health Collaborative estimates about how many lives may have been saved through stay-at-home orders was published May 20 by Health Leaders Media. Also, the Philadelphia Tribune reported May 14 on the Philadelphia data, and KXAN-TV (NBC-Austin, Texas) covered the local data for Travis County, Texas on May 21.
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Research from the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute was mentioned in a May 19 CNET story about companies hiring individuals with autism for AI jobs.
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A 2013 study on music therapy reducing anxiety before operations and improving outcomes led by Joke Bradt, PhD, a professor in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was mentioned in a May 20 HealthiNation article about helping friends cope with the pandemic. The article was picked up by several regional outlets across the country including WBBH-TV (NBC-Fort Myers, Florida), KTVN-TV (CBS-Reno, Nevada), and others.
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Drexel was mentioned in a May 20 Food Business News article about the Upcycled Food Association’s unveiling of a formal, standard definition of “upcycled food.” The Food Lab, in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, is a founding member of UFA and its research helped inform UFA's definition.
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Rosemary Trout, director of the Food and Hospitality Management program in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was featured in a May 14 Epicurious "FAQ" video answering viewer questions about pancakes.
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Action for Early Learning, a Drexel University initiative to provide educational support in West Philadelphia, was mentioned in a May 21 Philly Voice story about 76ers Tobias Harris providing books to the initiative.
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Why TIME Devoted an Issue to the Impact of the Pandemic on the Next Generation
TIME Magazine, May 21
The impact of the pandemic on the next generation’s future is the focus of this special issue of TIME. Our intent was to explore the crisis through the lens of the young, so TIME director of photography Katherine Pomerantz and her team did just that–reaching out to about two dozen college photography professors in search of the right photo essay to feature.
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CDC Issues New Guidance to Colleges
Inside Higher Ed, May 21
New guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlines considerations for colleges to take into account in reopening.
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Expanding Americorps Could Turn New Grads Into an Army of Contact Tracers. It Just Needs Funding.
The Washington Post, May 21
As the public health crisis shatters the economy, employment prospects for the class of 2020 are grim. Newly minted college graduates have had internships and job offers rescinded or delayed. They are entering a workforce rife with competition for scarce opportunities.
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Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli to Serve Prison Time for College Admissions Scam
Associated Press, May 21
“Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have agreed to serve prison time as part of a plea deal in the college admissions bribery case, according to court papers filed Thursday.
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Who Is Responsible If a University Reopens and a Student Dies From COVID-19?Forbes, May 18
In testimony to the Senate last week, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned that vaccines and therapies would probably not be ready for the nation’s 5,000 universities and colleges to welcome their 20 million students back to campuses this fall. He called such hope “a bridge too far.”
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